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    Laugh A Little

    … on risk and reward at christmastime

    That is my first little dock tree… being snowed on in the late afternoon of yesterday. At high tide (that piece of knowledge will be important later). When I... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, christmas in maine, maine blogger, maine christmas, musings, just ponderin', Christmas joy, christmas magic, coastal Maine winter

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a maine-gical christmassy day

    Okay, c’mon. This is pretty cool. Not only did Santa arrive on a lobster boat on Saturday… but his entourage included Mrs. Claus, a walking talking (and very sparkly!)... Read More

    Tags: Boothbay Harbor, Festival of Lights, musings, Christmas Lobster, maine, Southport, just ponderin', Christmas joy, christmas magic, holiday magic, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine

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    Think A Little

    A first for me, but not a first.

    The day after Thanksgiving is another national (okay, regional… (okay house-inal)) holiday for the Dingles. Yes indeed-y… Decorating Day. This is a big deal, as in, “Wake up really... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', southport maine, Christmas joy, christmas magic, holiday magic, coastal Maine winter, The Inn and gardens, midcoast maine, musings, winter in maine, photography, christmas in maine, Christmas, old house christmas, Boothbay Register, boothbay harbor maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on holidays blooming not looming

    Okay, c’mere. ‘Cuz the holidays are nearly upon us. These times are a concoction of many emotions and experiences and some are pretty good. But some have you “accidentally”... Read More

    Tags: musings, holiday wonder, Christmas, holidays in maine, Boothbay Register, christmas in maine, just ponderin', maine blogger, southport maine, midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, coastal maine, holidays, holiday stress, wonder

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a nutty day turned good

    Yesterday got away from me. I’d left the house at about 9 am, heading north to Beth’s to order a turkey. I was probably about 45 minutes from home... Read More

    Tags: southport maine, moving to maine, midcoast maine, winter in maine, Boothbay Harbor, sandwich generation, coastal maine, Thistle Inn, musings, caregiving, maine, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on meeting a bombogenesis

    Bombogenesis! No I am not kidding! That is what happened to us the other night… well, us and a million or so other Mainers (Maine-iacs, Maine-iacals, Maine-sters, okay-I’ll-stop). Also... Read More

    Tags: coastal maine, bombogenesis, midcoast maine storm, maine power outage, ocean photography, musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on seagull jealousy

      I woke up to a seagull screech That turned into a fight I guessed it was a morning tiff Continued from last night. Heard something ’bout ‘the perfect... Read More

    Tags: poetry, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, coastal maine, seagull, musings, maine, poem

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    Think A Little

    … on home making

    The other morning, Granny and I were sitting in the Vampire Room* sipping our coffee and talking about nothing, though everything was not off limits. At one point, I... Read More

    Tags: musings, moving, just ponderin', midcoast maine, new home, making a house a home

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    Laugh A Little

    … on love in the time of (potential) cholera

    As I’d mentioned, it’s our first fall in Maine and it happens to be a strange one. Usually, by the end of October, the foliage has already peaked and... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, just ponderin', midcoast maine, autumn in maine, fall in new england, fall in maine, coastal maine, new england farm stands, Beth's Farm Market

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    Think A Little

    … on a busy mind calmed

    Last week was a crazy sad and frightening and bewildering week, for sure. For me, the more public news of the horrors in Las Vegas, and the death of... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', robert fulghum, all i really needed to know I learned in kindergarten, annie sloan chalk paint, chalk paint on metal, chalk paint lamp, diy, arts and crafts, The Inn and gardens, recentering, musings

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    Cry A Little

    … on waves

    Waves have it hard. I mean, we treat them as if they are hard. Especially big ones. They don’t touch or caress or embrace… They crash, And pound, And batter the rocks and... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, Las Vegas Massacre, Tom Petty, Death of Tom Petty, Waves, secrets of wonder, musings, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on a day and a night of tailgating

    The other day I was up early and I can’t remember why. Oh no wait. I was up early to bring Gronk* down to the car place to have... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, tailgating, speeding, how to deal with a tailgater, how to deal with an aggressive driver, musings, just ponderin'

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ShepHerds

Not really the same as wHierd or wHy. My friend Karen breeds German shepHerds, and so many people send her e-mails asking about her ‘sheperds’ or ‘shepards’ that once I think her head really did nearly pop off. She needed help making her point. So I’m helping. Because that is the kind of friend I am.

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